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Mercedes-AMG has announced a new product line called AMG Sport to fill the gap between the AMG Sports package for Mercedes-Benz vehicles and the full-blown AMG models, and sneakily teased the upcoming GLE Coupe in the process.

Merc says the first two members of the AMG Sport family are set to be unveiled in January at the 2015 Detroit motor show, and has released the above picture, presumably of the two new AMG Sport models. The vehicle on the left is very likely the GLE Coupe.

The GLE Coupe is essentially Stuttgart's upcoming rival to the BMW X6. The new nomenclature has renamed the ML to GLE, since the SUV is based on the E-Class. So this is a 'coupe' version of the ML, if you will.

Reports speculate that the GLE (and Coupe) AMG Sport will sit between the GLE 400's 329 hp 3.0 litre twin-turbo V6 and the GLE 63 AMG's 570 hp 5.5 litre twin-turbo V8.

SPYSHOTS: Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe